Transient two-layer thin-film flow

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 581-607

  Pandher, Ramanjit S ^a   Khayat, Roger E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free surface; Interfacial flow; Stability; Surface tension; Transient; Two layer flow

Indexed keywords

AFTER-FLOW; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; FILM LAYERS; FREE SURFACES; INTERFACE PROFILES; INTERFACIAL FLOW; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; PLANAR FLOW; SOLITARY WAVE; STEADY STATE; SURFACE MODULATIONS; THICKNESS RATIO; THIN FILM FLOW; TWO LAYERS; TWO-LAYER FLOWS; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

SOLITONS; SURFACE TENSION;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955760407     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.2273     Document Type: Article

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